The work of a generation is beginning here, with your hearings, and you have the full measure of my gratitude and support.
Edward SnowdenIf the United States is promoting the development of exploits, of vulnerabilities, of insecurity in this critical infrastructure, and we're not fixing it when we find it, instead we put it on the shelf so we can use it the next time we want to launch an attack against some foreign country. We're leaving ourselves at risk.
Edward SnowdenThe issue I brought forward most clearly was that of mass surveillance, not of surveillance in general.
Edward SnowdenMy sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.
Edward Snowden